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Government
Term | Definition |
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Autocratic | Government in which one person possesses unlimited power and the citizen has little if any role in the government. |
Confederation | Voluntary associations of independent states,to secure some common purpose,agree to certain limitations on their freedom of action and establish some joint machinery of consultation or deliberation. |
Democratic | a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and excercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of reprensentation usually involving periodically held free elections. |
Federal | characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central government and several regional authorities. |
oligarchic | government by few,sometimes in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes.The citizen has a very limited role. |
parliamentary | a system of government having the real executive powwer vested in a cabinet composed of members of the legislature who are individually and collectively responsible to legislature.May have a prime minister elected by the legislature. |
presidential | a system of government in which the president is constiutionally independent of the legislature. |
unitary | characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority. |